Most organisations have a mission statement, vision statement, values, and now even a purpose. But as useful as they are in setting the direction of an organisation, they can be very difficult to recall without having them in front of you. They tend to become dry bits of information in and of themselves, but when brought together with a relevant story they become full of life and meaning.

In an age where we are told that technology is helping us connect in one way, and disconnect in another, The Good Karma network is helping neighbours connect in person, and help each other, using tech tools accessible to all of us.

Special things can happen when we tell stories. Why do they seem to be prohibited from the workplace? A first hand experience of the power of story telling within the NAB planted the seed for a new career for this week’s guest.

The impression of Samuel Alexander that lingers most is his empathy for our planet and his fellow humans, his willingness to challenge what it means to flourish as a human, and the alignment of what he talks and writes about with the way he lives.

There are obvious problems to the economic system we have created for ourselves, but no obvious solutions. Jodie has created a platform to enable a sharing economy, a system she sees as one they could help us transition from what we have now to something more inclusive and connecting.

There seems to be a paradox with constraints: when we choose the bring certain constraints into our life, they seem to help us think and act in less constrained ways. For this week’s guest, choosing to live with some carefully selected constraints are a feature of her life and work.

Understanding and accepting ourselves as individuals and as a species; and understanding where we are in space, time, history, biology and ecology: for me these are two of the most important subtle disruptions we can make in our own lives, and two things of which this week’s guest is an exemplar.